Mu Qinglan frowned and grabbed the masked member of the Black-Armored Army beside her. "Tell me, what does he mean by the bandit of the Mountain of Ten Thousand Spirits?"
The soldier's pupils trembled. "So you recognized me ages ago, Junior Sister?"
He was none other than Lu Qingshan, who had been making himself scarce all this time.
Lu Qingshan hurriedly transmitted his voice to her. "Well... Junior Sister, he's the one who kidnapped people on the Mountain of Ten Thousand Spirits back then and made me take the blame."
Mu Qinglan understood at once.
So this fellow was a repeat offender!
No wonder he was so practiced at clubbing people from behind, kidnapping, and extortion.
Then, as if something else had occurred to her, she turned to Lu Qingshan.
"Why do you wear that mask all day long?"
"Well..."
Lu Qingshan scratched his head, his face full of embarrassment. "Junior Sister, I've been breaking out lately..."
"Scram!"
All right. Lu Qingshan nodded and hastily shrank off to the side.
Mu Qinglan glanced at him.
How could she not know that this dear senior brother of hers had been avoiding her?
She had simply been too busy making a fortune lately to bother with him.
Seeing that Chun Xiaobai was nearly done chatting, Mu Qinglan hurried forward. "Great King, shouldn't we be setting out?"
"Setting out?"
Xiao Zhang froze, then looked Mu Qinglan over. Taking in her valiant bearing and her cold, kingdom-toppling beauty, his eyes lit up.
He nudged Chun Xiaobai with his shoulder and lowered his voice. "Great King, is this the Stronghold Madam?"
Silence instantly fell around them.
The next second, Bai Jin'er suddenly sprang out and roared at Xiao Zhang, "Are you blind? What damned Stronghold Madam is she?!"
Mu Qinglan immediately took offense and turned